diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go b/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
index 54460f173..ec0082ff2 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/access_config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
@@ -35,6 +37,12 @@ func (c *AccessConfig) Session() (*session.Session, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if c.ProfileName != "" {
+		if err := os.Setenv("AWS_PROFILE", c.ProfileName); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Set env error: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	config := aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region).WithMaxRetries(11).WithCredentialsChainVerboseErrors(true)
 
 	if c.CustomEndpointEc2 != "" {